The Delta Club

This page is dedicated to those who have run through the perilous hills, around the "previously" Lost Lake, and through the fiery Devil's Kitchen to the post known as "Delta."
The official route to Delta      |      A virtual trip to Delta (with Lawhorne)

From Delta to Domination!
Congratulations to 3 time Delta member Coach Clint "The Machine" Lawhorne, who was named 2008 MHSAA State Coach of the Year!!
The Linden Eagles Cross Country Team, led by 3 time D Club member, Clint "The Machine" Lawhorne and 2 time D Club member and 3 time All-State runner Brad "Rad Ferrari" Ferrara, Dominated the MHSAA State Cross Country meet, winning by 115 points over 2nd place! This was the 1st state title for any sport in the MHSAA in the history of Linden, and it set a state record for margin of victory over the 2nd place team.
The Linden boys also placed 2nd in the Dream Race, which takes the times of every runner in divisions 1-4, all 978 of them, and all 110 teams, and ranks them as if they were all in the same race. Of 978 runners, Linden placed 4 in the top 100, and 5th was at 146! They were also the ONLY division 2 team in the top ten!
See the results for yourself - The Dream Race

"It all began with Delta," yelled Coach Lawhorne as the team walked away with the trophy. Let's explain, the first official run of the season, the first day of cross country camp, was to Delta, which made the entire state-title holding team all Delta Club members, and made Lawhorne a 3 timer, and Ferrara a 2 time member. The last official run of the season saw the D Eagles take 3rd, 5th, 12th, 25th, 41st, 73rd, and 136th en route to literally and figuratively running away with the championship.
This also moved all of the runners into higher spots on the all time Linden list, Jake Hord into #1, breaking the 35 year old school record, and Brad Ferrara into 3rd, .5 away from also breaking the record.

The Official Results

Not to be outdone, the Linden JV team, many of which would have been Varsity on most other teams in the state of MI, had a great time running what Jake Hoyes called "The funnest race ever." The open race, in which 3 time D members below Lawhorne and Schartow both ran, was won (sort of) by Josh LaBrenz, who ran approximately 1 mile of the 3.1 mile course, barely edging out D member Adam Dietz, who actually ran the full course. Another notable from what we'll call "The Delta Open" was D member Delaney Andrews, who ran a lifetime PR of 27:57 in her final high school race ever.

3 time Delta Clubbers

Mr. Lawhorne
It was his idea to run to "Delta" in the first place. Clint "The Machine" Lawhorne has won numerous awards for running around the country.

Click here to see "The Machine's" Delta page

Lawhorne gets really into the Delta spirit. See his sub plans here!

señor Schartow
The guy almost died getting there, but his legendary motivational speech to...well...himself...kept him "pumped up" to go the 10 more yards he needed. Hey, how was he supposed to know it was just around the corner??
Running accomplishments??
Well, he ran a race with a broken toe and stitches in his foot, in a sandal that was duct taped to his foot once...does that count?

2 time Delta Clubbers
Congratulations to Tom Wright on completing his first marathon ever, the Grand Rapids Marathon, (click to see pictures) in 4:29:00

Dan Skinner

Click here to see Dan's page

1 time Delta Clubbers

Part of original crew (when there was only 7 of us)

New this year

Teresa & Joe Wright

Keith Galbraith, Eric Hinton, Kyle LeMieux, Carl Lindman, Kody Neuville, Adam Dietz, Jacob Hoyes, Harry Light, Mark Wright, Garret Chappell, Kyle Eppler, John Herdman, Jake Hord, Kelsey Hyde, Luke Kennedy, Bobby MacDermaid, Ian Marsh, Dylan Ryan, Brendan Sage, Jacob Tomek, Dan Weller, Delaney Andrews, Angela Bertolini, Jackie Bowles, Cassidy "Curls of Death" Dolby, Sylvan Edwards, Celene Howard, Sayre Jedele, Brandi Juengel, Chelsea Khirfan, April LaLonde, Sydney Lorey, Chelsea Maupin, Erin McLeod, Heidi Sack, Jessica Saint John, Shelby Skinner, Danielle Starrs, Alexis Tester, Mayce Varacalli, Amellia Versola, Sara Ward, Becky Harryman

The official route to Delta      |      A virtual trip to Delta (with Lawhorne)